Quick Reference Guide

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Sample 802.1X configurations

This section illustrates a sample point-to-point configuration and a sample hub configuration that

use 802.1X port security.

Point-to-point configuration

Figure 123 illustrates a sample 802.1X configuration with Clients connected to three ports on the

Dell device. In a point-to-point configuration, only one 802.1X Client can be connected to each

port.

FIGURE 123 Sample point-to-point 802.1X configuration

The following commands configure the Dell device in Figure 123

PowerConnect(config)# aaa authentication dot1x default radius

PowerConnect(config)# radius-server host 192.168.9.22 auth-port 1812 acct-port

1813 default key mirabeau dot1x

PowerConnect(config)# dot1x-enable e 1 to 3

PowerConnect(config-dot1x)# re-authentication

PowerConnect(config-dot1x)# timeout re-authperiod 2000

PowerConnect(config-dot1x)# timeout quiet-period 30

PowerConnect(config-dot1x)# timeout tx-period 60

PowerConnect(config-dot1x)# max-req 6

PowerConnect(config-dot1x)# exit

Dynamic VLAN Whether the port is a member of a RADIUS-specified VLAN.

Dynamic Filters Whether RADIUS-specified IP ACLs or MAC address filters have been applied

to the port.

TABLE 152 Output from the show dot1x mac-session brief command (Continued)

This field... Displays...

RADIUS Server

(Authentication Server)

Clients/Supplicants running 802.1X-compliant client software

192.168.9.22

Switch

(Authenticator)